Thursday, February 7, 2013

Coming Together: In Vein, my charity vampire anthology, is
now available in ebook and print,
from a wide variety
of booksellers. I want to thank my fellow authors, many of whom have
kindly featured the book on their blogs to help me get the word out. As you
probably know by now, every copy you buy goes to support
the essential work
of Doctors Without
Borders. During February I plan to be doing more promotion for the
book, including some giveaways. And speaking of free books, I will give
a copy of my ebook short story collection Body Electric to
anyone who buys In Vein and sends me a copy of the
receipt. Two
books for the price of one - what more could you want?

If you still need convincing, check out Nathan Burgoine's rave review of
the book
at Erotica
Revealed.
After mentioning stories he particularly
enjoyed, he concludes:

Coming Together: In Vein was a very welcome surprise. None of the stories felt
familiar or typical (some even crossed into speculative fiction territory)
and it was a very welcome reminder that given the right authors, even
something that feels as “done” as vampires can – pardon another pun – gain
new life.

Since my last newsletter in December, I finished and submitted Rajasthani
Moon. Furthermore, as you may already know from the whooping and
hollering I've been doing on my blog, the book has been contracted by
Total-E-Bound. This multi-genre opus (well, it's 52K words - is that
long enough to be considered an opus?) will see VIP release in early May
and general release the first week in June.

As you can see below, the cover is fantastic. It's a bit of a challenge to put
together a set of images related to BDSM, werewolves,
steampunk, Bollywood, ménage and Rubenesque in a single cover!

Here's the blurb:

Neither kink nor curse can stop a woman with a mission

Cecily Harrowsmith, secret agent extraordinaire, is a woman on a
mission. When the remote Indian kingdom of Rajasthan refused to remit its
taxes to the Empire, Her Majesty imposed an embargo. Deprived of the
energy-rich mineral viridium, essential for modern technology and
development, Rajasthan was expected to quickly give in and resume its
payments. Yet after three years, the rebellious principality still has not
knuckled under. Cecily undertakes the difficult journey to the rugged, arid
land of the Rajputs to determine just how it has managed to survive, and if
possible to convince the country to return to the Empire's embrace. Instead,
she's taken captive by a brigand who turns out to be the ruler's
half-brother Pratan and delivered into the hands of the sexy but sadistic
Rajah Amir, who expertly mingles torture and delight in his interrogation of
the voluptuous interloper.

Cursed before birth by Amir's jealous mother, Pratan changes to a ravening
wolf whenever the moon is full. Cecily uncovers the counter-spell that can
reverse the effects of the former queen's hex and tries to trade that
information for her freedom. Drawn to the fierce wolf-man and sympathising
with his suffering, she volunteers to serve as the sacrifice required by the
ritual – offering her body to the beast. In return, the Rajah reveals
Rajasthan's amazing secret source of energy. In the face of almost impossible
odds, Cecily has accomplished the task entrusted to her by the Empire. But can
she really bear to leave the virile half-brothers and their colourful land
behind and return to constraints of her life in England?

Other News

To make up for having abandoned you last month, I have another brand new
story for you, just in time for this month's festival of love.
Old-Fashioned
Valentine is a romantic BDSM tale about a woman whose master has a
traditional streak.

If you're in the mood for more Valentine's stories,
check
out Ordinary
Miracless, a M/M Valentine's erotic romance (X-rated) featuring the characters from
Necessary Madness or
The Origin of
St. Valentine's Day, a erotic myth with a grain of historical
truth.

Are you on Goodreads? I don't do
Facebook, but I really enjoy hanging out and sharing information and
opinions about books. Feel free to friend me there, or check out my
reviews. Also, Total-E-Bound has
established a
new Goodreads group which you're very welcome to join. Members will be
the first to hear about TEB releases and promotions, as well as getting the
chance to chat with all our great authors.

Did you get your holiday gift from me? Back around the turn of the year, I
was gave away free PDF books of two of my holiday stories, Last Minute
Gift (M/M) and Silver Bells (M/F/M BDSM ménage),
complete with covers designed by me. If you somehow missed out, just send me an
email (lisabet -- at -- lisabetsarai.com) telling me which one you'd
like, and I'll send it along.

Contests!
Congratulations to Pagan Lady, who won my December contest.
I'm sending her an ebook copy of Nasty
Business.

For my February contest, I'm offering a $25 Amazon gift
certificate. Yes, that's a big prize, but I didn't have a contest in January
(if you don't count all the giveaways on my blog!). What do you have to do
to get in on the action? Send me an email at contest -- at --
lisabetsarai.com with the subject line "Favorite Book Contest".
Let me know which of my books you've enjoyed the most, and why.
(If you've never read anything by me, that's okay, you can tell me, and
I'll still enter you in the contest!)

As usual, I'll announce the winner in my next newsletter.

Lisabet's Pick of the Month
My pick of the month for February is
Elle Q. Sabine's web site.
Her Misbegotten Misses series has a freshness that I really admire, and
the covers are absolutely magnificent. Drop by and pay her a visit!

OH Ms .L , I got my copy of Quarantine and let me just say I adore it ,Dylan stole my heart and the mental hell Rafe went through just to find his real self had me yelling at him (yes I DID call him a idiota time or two ) LOL hey what can I say a fabolous book will do that to me . How do I enter your next contest and can I pay it forward ? :)